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bd, in approving plan, rules all after-class and summer programs must be held on pub premises; details decision; Bklyn RC Schools Supt Molloy charges discrimination against youths attending religious schools
Ukrainian literary critics I Svetlichny and I Dzyuba reptdly arrested in Kiev for smuggling anti-Soviet material to West; former reptdly tried secretly and sentenced to hard labor in Siberia; latter reptdly released because of terminal illness
Mar 18 private luncheon given by Atomic Indus Forum's Mining and Milling Com for Atomic Energy Comrs, at which some uranium producers asked liberalized Govt subsidies, stirs legal storm in indus; lr from com aide J T Sherman to members said meeting would be ltd to producers holding Govt contracts; Cotter Corp and Tidewater Oil, non-Govt producers, permitted to attend after protesting; proposals offered were designed to benefit only cos holding Govt contracts; sone excluded cos protest to Joint Cong Com on Atomic Energy, 1 may sue; some attys see questions raised on Govt ethics and antitrust implications; com justifies meeting; AEC, which is obligated to keep Cong com fully' informed of activities, reptd meeting only after inquiries by NY Times and Cong; AEC, in '62, to limit uranium surplus and maintain 'viable' indus, chose 10 cos for 'stretch-out' procurement program through '70
10 largest banks call proposed tax on banks 'economically excessive'; adm spokesman cites taxes on other businesses
PBA and UFA ask joint 1-yr, $200-million contract pkg, including 35-hr wk, 10%-20% pay rise, higher city pension contribution, more ptl, and other items; Lindsay agrees to joint talks, 1st ever; Cassese pledges PBA will not strike
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 6, 1966, covering April 7, 1966.
SSgt Barry Sadler
Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Soundtrack
Nancy Sinatra
1966Richard Gomez, Filipino actor and politician[†]
Richard Frank Icasiano Gomez is a Filipino actor, TV host, politician, and épée fencer. He has been serving as the Representative of Leyte's 4th district since 2022, and was mayor of Ormoc from 2016 to 2022.
1966Zvika Hadar, Israeli entertainer[†]
Zvika Hadar is an Israeli actor, comedian and television host.
1966Béla Mavrák, Hungarian tenor singer[†]
Béla Mavrák is a Hungarian tenor singer.
1966Gary Wilkinson, English snooker player[†]
Gary Wilkinson is an English former professional snooker player.
1966Walt Hansgen, American race car driver (born 1919)[†]
Walter Edwin Hansgen was an American racecar driver. His motorsport career began as a road racing driver, he made his Grand Prix debut at 41, and he died aged 46, several days after crashing during testing for the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans.
In 1966, the world population was approximately 3,404,041,125 people[†]